Reindeer-Head Robber Pulls A Grinch In Fort Collins

FORT COLLINS, CO – Fort Collins Police are looking for a real Grinch who donned a stuffed reindeer head and pocketed items from a local medical office.

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Criminal" appeared in surveillance video during a burglary Dec. 18 at an office in the 300 block of Hickory Street, Fort Collins police said. It appears that the female and flashlight-equipped burglar rifled through totes of employees' personal belongings in the break room of the office.

Police asked for help identifying her. She did cops a favor by removing her reindeer gear halfway through the video, so she could more easily see – and be seen by surveillance cameras.

Police say they are requesting information so they can "notify St. Nick."

If you recognize this woman, please contact Officer Treutler at 970-221-6555 or Larimer County Crime Stoppers at 970-221-6868.

Police even posted a poem about her:

Rudolph the Red Nosed Burglar
Had a very shady scheme
And if you saw the video
It would want to make you scream.
All of the other burglars
Used to steal without disguise
They weren’t like this Rudolph
She’s different from the other guys.
On one foggy December eve
Rudolph came to steal.
Broke into a Hickory shop,
Never expected to see a cop.
Oh how the camera caught her
As she committed burglary
Rudolph the Red Nosed Criminal
We need your help with her I.D.

Here's a photo of the reindeer robber without her mask:

Image via Fort Collins police

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